Emily's the baby, the last one to leave home. I would carry her around when she was young and she'd say, 'Go away!' to all these people. She didn't like them at all.
I don't know what will happen if I retire. I feel just as excited now as I did when I began. Everybody wants to play now, so it's much easier to get bands. I've at least another five years in me, and then we'll see whether the kids are interested, whether Emily has the experience she needs. She's in London now, working for a TV company. She's bright, and I want her to do things from her own agenda.
Emily's very good on the bands front, but she's not really hands-on involved. Patrick is a GP in Bath, the other girls are raising children. They all get involved in different ways. The festival is fun, but I'd hate to think they were going to lock their lives into it. We've got a team of people here anyway, working more or less full-time, so even if I popped off suddenly it wouldn't stop.
Foot and mouth hasn't been much of a problem for us. Many farmers are having a very hard time, which is why we're keen to make the Farm Aid concert work. It will be at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff in October, so there's still lots of work to do.
Emily Eavis: When I was 12, I went to visit my sister-in-law at university. She took me round the Student Union, and this guy came up to chat. I said I was from Glastonbury, and when I said my name was Emily Eavis, he just kept going, 'Oh my God! You are Michael Eavis's daughter!' That was the first time I realised people knew of him and liked him. When I was really young, I was scared of the festival. I shouted from the bathroom window, 'Why don't you all go back to your own garden?' But it was a part of my life, like Christmas and birthdays. My first real memory is playing the violin on the main stage when I was about six. It was totally unplanned, and really exciting.
At first I just wanted to be normal like everyone else at school. But later, when all the other kids were on the verge of rebellion, it was easier. Shakespear's Sister was the first band I thought was cool. When The Cure played, I was such a big fan. I met Robert Smith and didn't really have anything to say to him. But Mum took a photo. I met Sean Ryder, too. He was so off his head. I hadn't been exposed to drugs until then.
The festival was never meant to be this massive, international thing. It's slightly magical, born of this big love affair between my parents. It struggled in the 70s, when my brothers and sisters were growing up. By the time it was a success, they'd all left home, so I saw more of that - I've always tagged along to meetings with Dad. I'm only 21, while the others are settled with families, so if anyone took over, it would probably be me. But it would be difficult - it's very much Dad's baby.
This weekend will be strange without the festival. Dad is enjoying the extra time, but he's decided to do this Farm Aid concert. He can't go a year without doing something.
